Teaching with Primary Sources

• New Online Collection: The Woodrow Wilson Papers
  We're delighted to announce that the Woodrow Wilson Papers are now online. Held in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, these papers constitute the largest collection of original Wilson documents in the world, and provide teachers and stud...
• Analyzing Propaganda’s Role in World War I
  At the start of World War I, however, posters offered a powerful tool to reach and influence citizens of every social, educational, and racial background.
• Civil War Music: A Classic Primary Source Set Plays a New Tune
  One of the Library's primary source sets for educators, Civil War Music, has recently been re-tuned to reflect the central role that music played in the Civil War, with the addition of more than a dozen items from the Library's collections.
• What’s New Online? Recent Additions to the Library of Congress Digital Collections
  One of Dr. Carla’s Hayden’s stated goals for her time as Librarian of Congress is to continue to expand access to our primary source collections, and the Library of Congress staff is working hard to achieve this goal. Here is the first...
• Music educators: How might you imagine using our resources?
  Back in December 2017, a colleague of ours here at the Library published a short piece in the Music Educator’s Journal highlighting the many video recordings of musical performances at the Library of Congress hosted on the Library’s Yo...
• Mark Twain: Exploring His Life and Work with Primary Sources
  Mark Twain’s reputation spans the centuries: He spent much of his lifetime as one of the most famous writers in the United States, and his works continue to appear in classrooms, as well as in debates over the curriculum. Even now, more than...
• Harnessing Summer Excitement: Using a Medieval Travel Book to Spark Critical Thinking
  Harness the excitement for a summer trip into a creative learning opportunity with the help of one of the first printed and illustrated travel books.
• Primary Sources in Science Classrooms: Revisiting Favorite Posts
  Talking with science teachers at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) conference last month reminded me that a couple of years ago the Library of Congress hosted a Teacher in Residence with a background in science.
• Poetry and Primary Sources
  Poets compose verse to celebrate love, mourn losses, and inspire action. To mark National Poetry Month this year, we revisit past posts about poetry and strategies for teaching poetry:
• Exploring Performance and Improvisation at the Library of Congress
  This post was written by Kaleena Black of the Library of Congress. At a recent book event related to the Library’s acquisition of a rare portrait of Harriet Tubman, the illustrator assured the audience that,“If you can make the number ...